[What is worth noting is that not only the US position vis-a-vis the leaders of the coup on the one hand and the deposed ones on the other has undergone a sea change when compared to the coup in Chile in September 73 and even Venezuela in the recent past in April 2002; now even critics are no longer talking of US complicity in the Honduras coup, they are demanding that US must do enough to get Zelaya back to power!
That could have had not been even dreamt of anytime in the past. This is of course not to deny that the US has not lived up to such radical demands and exhortations. But the ground of criticism has shifted beyond recognition.] http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/10/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5230498.shtml August 10, 2009 3:01 PM Obama Knocks "Hypocrisy" of Honduras Criticsby Anna Aulova<http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/politics/politicalhotsheet/main503544.shtml?contributor=46095> President Obama hit back at critics who say the U.S. not doing enough for Honduras following a trilateral meeting with President Calderon of Mexico and Prime Minister Harper of Canada in Mexico today. Mr. Obama said those complaining that America has not done enough following the military coup that resulted in the overthrow of the government of President Manuel Zelaya on June 28 "can’t have it both ways." "The same critics who say that the United States has not intervened enough in Honduras are the same people who say that we're always intervening and the Yankees need to get out of Latin America," said Mr. Obama. The president said the U.S. has done everything it could, including condemning the coup and calling for an immediate reinstating of President Zelaya. "If these critics think that it's appropriate for us to suddenly act in ways that in every other context they consider inappropriate, then I think what that indicates is that maybe there's some hypocrisy involved in their -- their approach to U.S.-Latin American relations," said Mr. Obama. Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper supported the statements made by Mr. Obama, suggesting that "If I were an American, I would be really fed up with this kind of hypocrisy." "You know, the United States is accused of meddling except when it's accused of not meddling," Harper said. He went on to say that the latest criticism of the U.S. not doing enough in Honduras comes from the very same people who would condemn longstanding cooperation between Colombia and U.S. for "legitimate security and drug trafficking reasons." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
